[Edward Manning Ruttenber (1872)] number of fifty, left Albany with Johnson on the 8th of Au gust. At the " carrying place " some two hundred warriors joined him,1 giving to him, with the militia, a force of about thirty-five hundred men. The French, marching in about equal force to attack Oswego, were called back and sent, under Baron Dieskau, to the defense of Crown point. Leaving the largest portion of his forces at that Fort, Dieskau pushed on JThe French report says: "All the Tharhkarorin, some Mahicans, and one Mohawks were there, some Oneidas, some Onondaga." — Colonial History, x, 32,2. 224 THE INDIAN TRIBES intending to attack Fort Edward, cut off Johnson's retreat, and annihilate his army. Misled by his guides, he found himself on the road to Lake George and only four miles distant from Johnson's encampment at Ticonderoga. Leaving his position, Johnson detached one thousand men and two hundred Indians to bring on an engagement. The opposing forces met on the 8th of September. Finding the French too powerful, the Eng lish fell back to Ticonderoga; the French pursued and re sumed the battle under the walls of Johnson's position. After a severe engagement, from twelve until four o'clock, the French retreated. The losses on both sides were heavy, that of the